Bridget Hawes

Background

About Bridget Hawes

Bridget Hawes, former Development Director at Cuyahoga County Public Library, has 18 years of fundraising and development experience with a primary focus on major gifts and capital development. From 2011-2018, Bridget served as a major gift consultant with Cuyahoga County Public Library, leading CCPL’s first major capital campaign. Of the $110 million capital development program, Bridget reached the fundraising goal of raising $10 million from Cleveland area individual donors, foundations and corporations, resulting in the renovation/new construction of 18 of CCPL’s 27 branches. In 2019, Bridget was hired as Senior Development Specialist at CCPL and within six months was promoted to Development Director. During that time, Bridget expanded the development department to a team of five, responsible for fundraising in support of the CCPL Foundation and Library operations and programs through donations, grants, events, planned giving and capital donations from individuals, corporations, foundations and government supporters. Bridget’s principal skills include building fundraising capacity in the areas of donor cultivation, major gifts, donor stewardship, sponsorship support, annual fund development, giving societies, Board development, communications, event management, grants, and resource development plans.